This year marked a watershed in my life. I attended two weddings, but also a memorial service for one of my longest-time friends, and later, a funeral. My generation has become the oldest, the family elders. For me, from here on the funerals will outnumber the weddings and the deaths the births, until my time comes as well—that final initiation of our physical existence.It is from this perspective that I approach one of my most beloved Sabbats, Samhain.Here in California today, the time … [Read more...]